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Creates a new String value from a UTF-8 encoded c++ string.

String::New(napi_env env, const std::string& value);

• [in] env: The napi_env environment in which to construct the Value object.
• [in] value: The C++ primitive from which to instantiate the Value. value may be any of:
  • std::string&
  • std::u16string&
  • const char*
  • const char16_t*

Creates a new empty String

String::New();

operator std::string() const;

Converts a String value to a UTF-8 encoded C++ string.

operator std::u16string() const;

Converts a String value to a UTF-16 encoded C++ string.

std::string Utf8Value() const;

Converts a String value to a UTF-8 encoded C++ string.

std::u16string Utf16Value() const;

Converts a String value to a UTF-16 encoded C++ string.